Glove.



Patented Aug. I9, I902.

J. C. ALLEN.

G L 0 V E.

(Applicatiun filed May 3, 1902.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES JOHN (J. ALLEN, OF GLOVERSVI LLE, NEW YORK.

GLCVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,069, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed May a, 1902. gerial to. 105,8 5- (No modem To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,JOHN C. ALLEN, a'citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the fol-v lowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to gloves, and particularly to the thumb blank and its connection with the body of the glove. I have em deavored by my improvement to materially strengthen the connection at the base of the glove, where there is very great strain, and to simplify the work of manufacture in order to render it possible to use unskilled labor without fear of defective workmanship.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the blank of my invention provided with the opening for the thumb-piece. Fig. 2 shows the thumb-blank. Fig. 3 is a sectional View with the parts attached. Fig. 4

is a detail View showing the relative position of the parts.

It has been found difficult heretofore to make a-secure attachment between the base of the thumb-piece on the inner side and the glove proper, as by reason of the construction the margin of connection is a very narrow one and it frequently happens that a perfect connection is not made, thus making the glove weak at this point, where there is the necessity for the greatest strength. It is a common practice to have a V-shaped integral tab projecting from the glove-blank over upon the thumb-blank at this point; but this has not been found sufficient. It is necessary as well in the manufacture of heavy gloves to have a substantial and secure connection by the rows of stitching with a part of the thumb-blank at this point. It has been proposed, as in the patent of Oomrie,

No. 634,443, dated October 10, 1899, to secure such a connection by first splitting the blank at this point and then inserting a wedgeshaped tongue adapted to project suffioiently to cross the line of the rows of stitching and be secured thereby. The serious objection to this inserted piece is that it adds materially to the cost of the glove, requiring a greater amount of handling by reason of the fact that the stitched tongue must be cut out, the blank must be split, and the tongue stitched in place, and this is a very material itemin the manufacture'of gloves ,in large quantities. The splitting of the blank and the expansion of the wing tend to distort the blank, and while the stitched tongue does tend to strengthen the point of connection it is undesirable for reasons of economy and, further, because it is connected by lines of stitching tending to make the joint cumbersome and diminishing its strength. I have aimed to overcome this defect by making a stitching tongue integral with the thumb-blank. The blank is shown in Fig. 2. At the joint of the curved lines a a, forming theinside lines of the wings I) b, I have formed the stitching-tongue c by diverging cuts 0, leaving the tongue integral with the blank across its base. This stitching-tongue, it will thus be seen, is identical with the corresponding tongue d, made integral with the body of the glove, but extends in an opposite direction and is adapted, as shown in the sectional view, Fig. 3, to underlap it and to so completely cross the position of the lines of stitching a as never to fail of being secured even by the most unskilled person. The joint thus formed is a perfect one, giving a full double thickness of material and making practically a diamond-shape connection with the two tongues combined, one without and one within, as shown.

As shown in Fig. 1, I modify the form of the opening in the gloveblank to adapt it to receive the thumb-blank. The right-hand edge of the openingis approximately straight, as shown at f, being curved at the bottom and on the opposite side g, leaving an opening of the shape as shown at h, a narrow opening continuing up to the point where the outer stitching-tongue d is formed. At this point two cuts are made diverging, making What I claim is- In testimony whereof I afifix my signature In a glove, a body-blank having a stitchin presence of two witnesses.- in'g-tongue projecting therefrom and integral therewith and a, thumb-blank having a. stitch- JOHN ALLEN- 5 ing-tongue integral therewith and underlap- Witnesses:

ping the body-blank and securing means, sub- F. L. MIDDLETON,

stantiahy as described. 1 HENRY E. COOPER. 

